Fort Garland to reinstate water sales to rural San Luis Valley residents after abruptly cutting them off weeks ago

Fort Garland to reinstate water sales to rural San Luis Valley residents after abruptly cutting them off weeks ago

Fort Garland is making plans to reinstate water sales to Costilla County residents who live outside the town limits, 45 days after cutting off water without warning to people in the high-desert hills of the San Luis Valley.  The town’s water board, after pleas from rural residents and state officials, has reversed course and decided unanimously to bring back water sales for county residents who for years have filled up tanks in Fort Garland and …